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    Fleas everywhere - hope on the horizon!

    Hello, Thank you to this great community, I have learned so much from reading your precious articles. I wanted to share a little bit about our experience with fleas and chickens. A few months ago we noticed with horror that a rat had found its way into our chicken run and nade a nest...
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    Vent popping out

    She hasn't layed eggs in a couple weeks but apart from that seems happy and doesn't show any other signs. Is there a specific anti-inflamatory cream you would recommend? Thank you for the article, it does have a lot of great information.
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    Vent popping out

    Hello, Hope everyone is home safe and spending quality time with their flock :) Our easter egger bantam (about 2 years old) has a protracted vent. We cleaned her up and gently pushed it back in twice now. The first time it stayed in place for a few days, today as soon as we let her go, she...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest - Guess When We'll Reach 400,000 Members!

    6/2/2020 2:00pm
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    Bantam Easter egger molting?

    Thank you very much! Adding a rooster is not an option for us. What would be other solutions? Is the fact that she chooses to sleep on the roof of the coop in the run a concern? Really appreciate your help and suggestions.
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    Bantam Easter egger molting?

    Thank you, we don't have a rooster, however, the chicken next to her in the first picture acts like one with her. She only acts that way with the easter egger. Is there a way to stop her from doing that?
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    Bantam Easter egger molting?

    hello, Our little Easter egger looks like she is molting but it has now been a few months and feathers around her neck are not coming back in. Feathers lower look strange as well. She has also been sleeping on top of the coop for a few weeks. When I put her in she stays in with the others but if...
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    Best plant to shade run

    Hello chicken lovers, Thank you for this great resource! I have a run which is a dog run reinforced with chicken wire, perfect for a climbing plant. I was wondering what plant/herb you would recommend planting that could climb up the fencing and provide shade to the run as well as be a tasty...
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    Easter egger assistance

    The poop itself was on the liquid side. Will see what it looks like today. Any comments regarding the eggs and their change in shape and granular shell? Thank you
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    Easter egger assistance

    She is about a year and a half. We feed all organic layer feed plus they get to roam around the yard all day so they eat bugs as well. We saw her poop today and what that came out of what very red. Thank you!
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    Easter egger assistance

    Hello, We have a small flock of 4 bantam chickens, all different types. Our Easter egger has been laying regularly but we recently noticed some changes in her eggs. ( see attached pictures). She gets picked on regularly by one of the other chicks and has lost a few feathers in her neck. Not sure...
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    Nematodes - are they safe for chickens?

    Hello, We are in southern California where fleas are quite prevalent. We have 4 lovely bantams and a little dog. Our dog seems to be getting fleas from our back yard. I recently read about nematodes and would like to give them a try but is there any risk for our chicks? They free roam in the...
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    Bantam with messy bottom

    Hello, Our Bantam has been laying one egg a day for a little over 2 weeks. The eggs all came out perfectly clean. We noticed her rear feathers are very dirty, crusty even perhaps from some leaky stool she might have had. She is eliminating fine but has stopped laying eggs the last 2 days. Do...
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    What does this behavior mean?

    Hello, We have 4 Bantams that are now sharing a coop and run. We used to have a pecking issue which seems to be resolved. So recently we have noticed our birds running up to each other, puffing up their chest and raising their heads up high, like they are ready for a fight but then nothing...
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    Chicks pecking feathers off one chick

    Thank you everyone. Unfortunately, the blu-kote as well as two rounds of no-peck has so far not helped the problem. We keep the 3 chicks in the run during the day and the pecked one in the coop. They can see each other and spend time close by but can't be with each other. We have tried putting...
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